So I Spent 3 Weeks Knitting This Monstrosity

drew over something i wrote for a class and liked :] sorry the cars are lowkey ugly, its because I fucking hate cars and cant be bothered to learn what they look like beyond ominous hunks of metal

edit: transcript of the poem by itself under the cut

6 Tips for Crossing the Road

Look both ways

The road is for cars. 

Make sure to look for them before crossing. Even when you have the right of way, cars have a lot of safety features and you have none. 

Use designated crosswalks 

The road is for cars. 

So is the crosswalk but, under brief and temporary conditions, you can use it too! Never jaywalk, never walk in the road, just hope there is a clear and functional sidewalk. 

Cross at the light

The road is for cars. 

There are rules and signs for them, but that can only go so far. Walk quickly and hold your breath and hope that the light doesn't turn. Make eye contact with drivers as their cars teem with potential energy, rumbling with disdain at the inconvenience of your crossing. Try to ignore the cloud of exhaust that you are in and they are above. 

Leash your pets

The road is for cars. 

Obviously. 

To you, it may be natural to sacrifice so much space to them but to your dog, it is not. His instinct is to explore freely. You must curb it. Modern US car models have such high hoods that the average child, let alone dog, is obscured. Even on the sidewalk, hold the leash tight because the sidewalk (if you are so blessed) is next to the street and the threat still looms.

Look out for road kill

The road is for cars. 

And no one was there to leash the deer. 

Or the raccoon. 

Or the cat. 

Did you know that the most reliable sample method for wildlife in an area is looking at the roadkill? 

Remember these tips

The road is for cars. 

Cars are everywhere. In the city. In the suburbs. In the country. In the woods (the US Forest Service manages more roads than the entire Ministry of Transit in China.) Cars are everywhere because there are roads to bring them there, which is great if you are a car and want to get from place to place fast without worrying about the in-between. 

Unfortunately, you are not a car. 

You are an animal. 

You are in-between. 

So remember to look both ways. 

comic about someone’s strange dream (and daydreams)

A snow study (or snudy, if you will)

Now feels like a good time to bring back this print I made in 2020. A lot of what I'm feeling now is similar to what I was feeling then- despair, rage, frustration, helplessness, fear, a desire to just burn it all down. This piece was a way to channel those feelings, and visualize revolution. I realized through it the idea that the world I wanted to live in– one that is full of community and joy– cannot become a reality without some destruction. We will have to do difficult things, things out of our comfort zones, but nothing that thousands of people haven't already been doing and experiencing for years under this oppressive state. We are not starting from scratch, and we are not working in isolation. Start with your own community. Mutual aid hub can help you find aid groups in your area. 211 helps curate nation-wide and local community services for easy access. Feel free to add any other resources for community organizing onto this post, I'm still doing research myself.

The revolution is already underway, do your research and find out how you can be a part of it.

you guys made luigi mangione trend for days and I need to see the same energy for brianna boston. she is a 43 year old mother of three who ended a phone call with blue cross blue shield (after being denied a claim) “delay deny depose, you people are next” and is now being held under a 100,000$ bond and could face FIFTEEN years of prison if charged. she has no weapons, her record is clean, and yet she is being held behind bars. they are afraid of the public and are trying to subdue. do not let them!!!! be outraged that our freedom of speech is being threatened!!!!! deny defend depose! free brianna boston!

Hellooooooo I am officially migrating my art account from IG to here to escape the Meta-pocalypse!

I have been absorbing Tumblr nonsense second-hand for years and I think its time I got in the pit myself. I'll be posting some old art, maybe a little introduction thing, idk starting over from scratch is weird.

I'll also post my webcomics here! I have two, one finished, one in progress, that I hope people on here will be interested in seeing. Ones about gay people going on a quest into a magical forest and the other is about gay people going to college. Hope you enjoy?

When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

Oh yes, it’s very cute to put your witch hat on your familiar for a quick pic, but the next thing you know the residual magic has raised him to full sentience and now he’s going into business on his own, stealing your hat and your best customers.